Desalination
Conservation & Restoration
Desalination
Conservation & RestorationDesalination is a conservation approach or technique used to stabilize, preserve, or restore heritage materials and structures. It aims to protect significance while minimizing unnecessary change and documenting all interventions.
Source: ICCROM, ICOMOS
Desalination
Conservation & Restoration
Desalination
Conservation & RestorationIn conservation, the process of extracting harmful salts from porous materials like stone, pottery, or wall plasters. Salts often enter heritage objects through groundwater, sea spray, or previous cleaning chemicals and can cause damage by crystallizing and expanding inside the material (efflorescence). Desalination typically involves repeated soaking or poulticing to draw out the salts gently.
Source: ICCROM, ICOMOS
